Chalice
Category
Silver
Date
1654 - 1655
Materials
Gold and silver
Measurements
140 mm (Height); 193 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
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Staunton Harold Church, Leicestershire
NT 426862.2.2
Summary
The cover for a silver gilt covered chalice, stepped to a baluster neck and engraved above with a sunburst and surmounted by a cross and orb. This plate is related to plate made by the same goldsmith at Gloucester and Rochester Cathedrals, Fulham Palace and elsewhere. The communion cups and covered patens are particularly interesting in that, like certain other plate of the same period, they show an attempt to revive Gothic features associated with the work of the silversmiths of the fifteenth century. (Church Guide, last printed 1990 with additions 1990).
Provenance
The Chapel at Staunton Harold was presented to the National Trust by the 12th Earl Ferrers in 1954. A partial endowment was given by the Dulverton Trust, and the building was restored by public subscription and with a munificent grant from the Pilgrim Trust and grants from the Historic Churches Preservation Trust and the Incorporated Church Building Society.